Kaspa Thompson
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About me
Hi, my name is Kaspa. I’m a psychotherapist and supervisor using Internal Family Systems and I'm also a Buddhist Teacher.
I live in Malvern, Worcestershire and work both face-to-face and online.
Why come and see me? People get support from me with strong emotions, with anxiety or depression, with relationship struggles, stuckness, or for healing trauma and letting go of unhelpful beliefs.
Internal Family Systems is a powerful way of getting to know ourselves; of creating more spaciousness and groundedness; of letting go of our unwanted reactions, emotions and behaviours; and for healing our emotional wounds.
I am committed to healing and have a deep trust in the therapeutic process.
If we work together I’ll offer patience and spaciousness and I always go at your pace. I am grounded and solid, and can be playful. I care about my clients. I value honesty, curiosity, compassion, creativity and imagination.
I welcome whatever you bring to our sessions: woundedness, wariness, anger and other strong emotions, relationship issues and so on.
Through listening deeply, and supporting you to listen to and understand yourself the healing process unfolds.
Therapy sessions take place in my consulting room, in the centre of Malvern, or can be online. Therapy can also take place outside: 'wild therapy' or 'eco-therapy' (e.g. walking in the hills) which some clients find supportive.
Therapy is an ongoing relationship and sessions are usually weekly.
Training, qualifications & experience
The model of therapy I use is called Internal Family Systems or IFS. IFS is a powerful way of getting to know ourselves; of creating more spaciousness and groundedness; of letting go of our unwanted reactions, emotions and behaviours; and for healing our emotional wounds.
I completed Level 2 Internal Family Systems (IFS): working with addictive process in April 2022 and Level 1 IFS training in March 2020.
IFS supports working safely with clients and going at their pace. It allows me to explore different parts of the clients experience and to heal trauma.
In 2020 I qualified in Wild Therapy. Wild Therapy includes working therapeutically outside in the natural world, and also considering what our nature as human-animals means to the therapeutic process.
I have an Advanced Diploma in Embodied Relational Therapy. This training supported me to see the mind and body as a whole system, and to work with physical sensations as well as thoughts and emotions.
I have a Diploma in Counselling in Tariki Trust. On this training I learnt how to be with another person, about how habits and compulsive behaviours are created, and how to create space for change.
I have a Post-Graduate Certificate in Chaplaincy. My undergraduate degree is in Drama.
I am a Buddhist teacher at Bright Earth Buddhist Temple, My Buddhist name is Kaspalita, which means ‘protected by the light’, but everyone calls me Kaspa.
Member organisations
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Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
When I work
Tuesday to Friday.
